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    <p>Provides the SNMP MIB file loading and validation classes. A
    MIB file is loaded with the
    {@link net.percederberg.mibble.MibLoader MibLoader} class. The
    contents of the MIB file are hereafter accessed with the
    {@link net.percederberg.mibble.Mib Mib} class. Below follows a
    simple example of loading a MIB file:</p>

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    MibLoader  loader = new MibLoader();
    Mib        mib;

    try {
        mib = loader.load(&lt;inputfile&gt;);
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        System.err.println(e.getMessage());
    } catch (MibLoaderException e) {
        e.getLog().printTo(System.err);
    }
    </pre>

    <p>A {@link net.percederberg.mibble.Mib Mib} consists of a set of
    {@link net.percederberg.mibble.MibSymbol MibSymbol}s. There are
    two types of symbols, one representing a MIB value assignment
    ({@link net.percederberg.mibble.MibValueSymbol MibValueSymbol}) 
    and one representing a MIB type assignment
    ({@link net.percederberg.mibble.MibTypeSymbol MibTypeSymbol}).
    In most normal usage (i.e. with SNMP), only the value symbols are 
    of interest. Below follows a simple example printing all the 
    value symbols in a loaded MIB file:</p>

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    Iterator   iter = mib.getAllSymbols().iterator();
    MibSymbol  symbol;

    while (iter.hasNext()) {
        symbol = (MibSymbol) iter.next();
        if (symbol instanceof MibValueSymbol) {
            System.out.println(symbol.toString());
        }
    }
    </pre>

    <p>A MIB value symbol contains a name, a 
    {@link net.percederberg.mibble.MibType MibType}, and a
    {@link net.percederberg.mibble.MibValue MibValue}. The type 
    symbols only contain a name and a type. There are several 
    different types and value implementations, present in the
    {@link net.percederberg.mibble.snmp},
    {@link net.percederberg.mibble.type}, and
    {@link net.percederberg.mibble.value} packages.</p>

    @since 2.0

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